The Coyotes have been upset by calls in the past, and all teams wind up on both sides of the equation during the season, Tippett said.

"Those (goals) are ones, if you look back, two weeks ago, we had one go against us in Dallas just like that, it looked like the same thing," Tippett said. "They called a no-goal against us, and (Thursday) we got a break."

The victory broke a two-game losing streak and gave the Coyotes 57 points on the season.

Hanzal did not expect the goal to count but also noted that breaks tend to even out.

"I remember that was exactly the same thing in Colorado, and they said it was goal (for the Avalanche), and I was surprised," he said. "And now they said it was a goal, a surprise again, so now it's even."

Lombardi, meanwhile, had called into question the integrity of Mike Murphy, the NHL's senior vice president of hockey and a former LA Kings player.

This was his comment, in part, as reported by the Kings website: "When the guy in Toronto making the decisions on the goals, in Ottawa one night and the one (Thursday), wanted the GM's job in LA and was not happy about not getting it, you have to assume you are going to get those types of calls."

He was referring to the Kings' game in Ottawa in November when he objected to a decision made by both officials on the ice and video review officials in Toronto.

"There is no acceptable explanation or excuse for commentary challenging the integrity of the league's Hockey Operations Department in general or Mike Murphy, in particular," said Commissioner Gary Bettman, adding that Lombardi acknowledged that his comments were "wrong, inappropriate and without merit."

Ice chips

The Kings had more than a period and a half to make up that goal but were constantly stymied by goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov and also were unsuccessful on six power-play attempts. Only 57 seconds after Hanzal's goal, Lee Stempniak made it 2-0.

"The second one was the important one," defenseman Derek Morris said. "But goals that went against us . . . that's the way it goes in the league. When you get goals scored against you like that, the first thing you always say on the bench is, 'Let's get one back quick here, don't worry about that goal.' We were fortunate enough to hold them off."

The Coyotes were able to control the tempo of the game after Stempniak's goal, despite being outshot 36-15 in the game. That discrepancy can be deceiving, Tippett said.

"The shots are one thing, scoring chances are another, and I thought we did a pretty good job of limiting scoring chances," he said. "Sometimes you have games like that. We got a lead, we defended very well, and you get in a game like that you do what you have to do to win, and that's what we did."

-áDefenseman Ed Jovanovski (lower body) "worked hard" at practice Friday, Tippett said, and he would be a game-time decision.